Suspension Lifted

[RedSeaRamblin07]

Surprised nobody else pointed out this quote from the PJStar story...

Bradley conducted an internal review of the incident, which resulted in the senior point guard being arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.

More fantastic reporting from these jokers

[squirrel]

Kevin Lyons is the Peoria County State's Attorney.

[jasonpeoria911]

Lyons is the Peoria County States Attorney who'll likely be canned when his term is up. He has been notorius for his inconsistent charges from case to case the last few yrs. Case in point this past summer. Lyons hung a 15 y/o by the ropes and charged him with murder after throwing a cement block off an overpass that killed a passenger in a car on I-74. The kid allegedly didn't mean any harm but was still charged with murder. Well shortly after that the BU incident happened. No murder charges filed in that case. Oh man the outrage in the city, especially the black folk. So as you can imagine, Lyons lowered the brick throwers murder charge to involuntary manslaughter or some crap like that. I'm also sure he knows the implications if Ruff does happen to get convicted next month. Thousands of voters turned away. Gotta love politics.

Jason

BTW...Who is this Lyons person?

[jasonpeoria911]

Where did Lyons say this? It doesn't surprise me, but I haven't seen it anywhere. The harassment charges will be harder to make stick than the batter charges. What did the girl think the public would do once they found out the truth (which took less than 24 hours)? What did the girl expect after speaking to both the newspaper and the TV station?

Here's is the official BUPD report heading from the death threats report filed on Monday. The report log can be found on BUPD's website.

Report #: 08-0136
Type: Disorderly Conduct
Date Occurred: February 25, 2008
Date Reported: February 25, 2008
Time Reported: 13:20:00
Location: Underhill St. and College St.
Off Campus: N
Action Taken: Referred to Student Judicial System

[Gwright]

sorry if I am undercutting anyone, but here is the PJS article.

Jousrnal Star

[Rusty 54]

YES! Welcome back Ruffin!

[BU_EMT128]

YES!!!! Thats all.

[Dallas Brave]

Personally speaking, I think BU's (i.e, the President's) handling of DR's situation was so mangled, I am skipping President Glasser's visit to Dallas and taking a year off from donations to the school. I would prefer to see more decisive leadership in the future. The next time they can see my money is 2010.

[ser_solace]

Welcome back, Ruffin!!!! Looking forward to seeing you lead the team in St. Louis!

I think BU and the president could not have handled this situation any other way. I thought they and the coach did a good job.

[Big Mike]

Glad to have DR back...........it will be nice to talk hoops again for what left of the season!Lets try and enjoy the last 2 games barring post season!

[Da Coach]

Wow, after reading that statement from the State's attorney, I have serious doubts about the competance of his office.

Why were there parts of the police report that were mysteriously missing from the original report released?
Why did it take a Freedom of Information legal request for the PJ Star to get those missing parts at all? (Thank you PJ Star).

And finally, why does Lyons use the term "ligatures" to describe the marks on her neck? A ligature is a binding using some sort of rope, cord, or material. That term implies that the girl had a rope tied around her neck!

And when the girl wanted to recant some of her story and drop charges, why weren't more of those details made public.

Sounds to me like an overaggressive states attorney's office trying to slant the report released to the public for the purpose of building a case where there isn't one.

Who's running that office? Mike Nifong?

[AE Braves Fan]

Surprised nobody else pointed out this quote from the PJStar story...

"Bradley conducted an internal review of the incident, which resulted in the senior point guard being arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery."

More fantastic reporting from these jokers

incredible

[Lakeview Brave]

Wow, after reading that statement from the State's attorney, I have serious doubts about the competance of his office.

Why were there parts of the police report that were mysteriously missing from the original report released?
Why did it take a Freedom of Information legal request for the PJ Star to get those missing parts at all? (Thank you PJ Star).

And finally, why does Lyons use the term "ligatures" to describe the marks on her neck? A ligature is a binding using some sort of rope, cord, or material. That term implies that the girl had a rope tied around her neck!

And when the girl wanted to recant some of her story and drop charges, why weren't more of those details made public.

Sounds to me like an overaggressive states attorney's office trying to slant the report released to the public for the purpose of building a case where there isn't one.

Who's running that office? Mike Nifong?

Election year politics?

[lefty]

I agree with another poster that BU handled it appropriately.

Lyons is not on a witchhunt here and has done a fine job in Peoria.

I thought it was explained pretty well in the article and we have to let the process take its course.

Good to have Ruff back for sure

[lefty]

Wow, after reading that statement from the State's attorney, I have serious doubts about the competance of his office.

Why were there parts of the police report that were mysteriously missing from the original report released?
Why did it take a Freedom of Information legal request for the PJ Star to get those missing parts at all? (Thank you PJ Star).

And finally, why does Lyons use the term "ligatures" to describe the marks on her neck? A ligature is a binding using some sort of rope, cord, or material. That term implies that the girl had a rope tied around her neck!

And when the girl wanted to recant some of her story and drop charges, why weren't more of those details made public.

Sounds to me like an overaggressive states attorney's office trying to slant the report released to the public for the purpose of building a case where there isn't one.

Who's running that office? Mike Nifong?

the ligature description was used earlier in reports DC. I think that was how it was written up from the hospital.

Also I don't think he's trying to slant anything...I think he explained it pretty well.
Daniel gets to play and his case will be heard in March